GABAYBATA: The Unofficial Webpage of ECED13 Students of UCC

GABAYBATA: The Unofficial Webpage of ECED13 Students of UCC

University of Caloocan City

Gen. San Miguel St., Sangandaan, Caloocan City

Guidance and Counseling in Preschool Education - ECED 13

Course Syllabus

Course Description:

This course exposes the significance of Guidance and Counseling in Preschool Education. A review of its history, and its various highlight concepts, principles, theories, and techniques related to guidance and counseling young children will be presented in this course. Most importantly, it hopes to provide student-teachers a training venue to acquire handy helping skills and to appreciate their roles better, as a tool for self-improvement and professional responsibility.

At the end of 18 weeks (54) Hours, the students are expected to:

• Become well-versed with the highlight features of Guidance and Counseling and its major developmental benefits for young children in preschool education;
• Equip themselves with various guidance and counseling strategies and techniques helpful to young children.
• Immerse themselves fully in their chosen field to become better learners and responsible practitioners of Early Childhood Education;
• Effect positive change to others by contributing their commitment to personal and social responsibility.

Requirements:

Individual Outputs:

* Gabay Development Program

* Evaluative Reports on their Assigned Tasks

* Progressive Participation in all Guidance Conferences and Counseling Simulations.

Group Outputs:

* Collaborative Presentations

* Online IVLE - Interactive Virtual Learning Experience

* Online Portal: GABAYBATA.blogspot.com - The Unofficial Website of ECED 13 students of UCC

Topic Outline:

1. Introduction

2. Guidance and Counseling in ECED

- Implications and Complications

- The SELF Structure

3. Major GC Concepts, Principles and Theories:

a. Psychoanalytic

b. Adlerian

c. Existential

d. Person-Centered

e. Gestalt

f. Transactional Analysis

g. Behavioral

h. RET and other Cognitives

i. Reality

j. Your Personal Theory

4. Guidance and Counseling Therapies

a. Helping Children with Special Needs
b. Play Therapies

c. Levels of Help - Who Needs Help?

d. Voice Therapy

5. Becoming an Effective Teacher

- Maximizing My GC Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes

References:

Brinich, Paul and Shelly, Christopher. The Self and Personality Structure (2002), Open University Press, Buckingham, Philadelphia, USA.

Parrott, Les III. PhD. Counseling and Psychotherapy (1997) , McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New York Singapore

Velasco, Gundelina A. PhD. Children at Risk: Intervention Strategies (2005), Giraffe Books, London, England.

Wills, Frank, Skills in Cognitive Behavior, Counseling and Psychotherapy (2008), SAGE Publications Ltd., London.

TimeLine:

Nov. 12 19 26
Dec. 3 10 18

Jan. 7 14 21(28)

Feb. 4 11 18 25

Mar. 4 11 18 25

Apr. 8 15

Online: Jan. 28

MidTerms: Feb. 4

FinalExams: Apr. 8 or 15